Emery v. Riverside Drainage District

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This is a controversy between Dr. Frank W. Emery, a landowner, and the Riverside Drainage District as to the value of land condemned and appropriated for drainage purposes. The judgment was in favor of plaintiff to the amount of $20. The jury found that the land of plaintiff was subject to overflow before the dike was erected; that in the construction of the dike plaintiff received direct, special and proximate benefits that other members and landowners in the district did not receive, and that these special *99benefits consisted in the…